PM: We are richer for our diversity
Trinidad and Tobago is a “model to the world as a diverse nation of people of many origins who have been able to forge an enduring unity”, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said in her Independence...
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Gypsy warmly welcomed to PNM meeting
VALDEEN SHEARSJust days after he resigned as Minister of Community Development and a member of the United National Congress (UNC), Winston “Gypsy” Peters was given a rapturous welcome by supporters of...
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UNC’s Bodoe: Cuts in health to pay for PNM’s rapid rail
If the PNM is elected into office on September 7, they will cut funding to the health sector to finance their $60 billion dollar rapid rail project. That was the warning from former chairman of the...
View ArticleMissing man’s mother makes appeal on Facebook
Six months after Southern fashion designer Kirby Mohammed disappeared without a trace, his mother made an emotional social media plea for his captors to return him regardless of his condition. Linda...
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Former MP: PP neglected Point Fortin
In response to claims that Point Fortin was neglected during her tenure as Member of Parliament, Paula Gopee Scoon said she did her best given the limitations of being an opposition representative....
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TDC embarks on eco-tourism drive
There is need for more teamwork and better co-ordination in the tourism sector to achieve sustainability says Keith Chin, chief executive officer at the Tourism Development Company (TDC). He was...
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Two bees are not to Bede
My name is Bede Rajahram and I am the president of the Trinidad & Tobago Beekeepers’ Association.Rajahram is an unusual spelling of an unusual name! Bede is an unusual name, too. I was born on the...
View ArticleFour murders mar holiday weekend
As the nation celebrated its 53rd anniversary of independence, the families of four men who were killed yesterday were in mourning.While police did not release the identities of two victims whose...
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PM: They are deserving
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday defended her decision to award politicians and former Members of Parliament Winston Dookeran and Errol McLeod the nation’s highest award—the Order of...
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Carmona hails Kal-El
President Anthony Carmona yesterday hailed the country’s youngest-ever recipient of a national award, four-year-old Kal-El Joel Maxwell Alleyne as a leader in the making.Carmona was speaking at...
View ArticleCalypso bards join Hall of Fame
Three veteran calypsonians were added to a growing list of their peers who have received National Awards for outstanding contributions to the country’s indigenous calypso art form.They are: Composer...
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Public plea for most vulnerable
Even as the death toll rose to 25 yesterday, Dominica issued a public appeal for their most vulnerable—babies and the elderly.A statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister in St Lucia made the...
View ArticleThree road fatalities on holiday weekend
Two men died in separate accidents in the Eastern Division over the weekend.Police said Kenson Humphrey, of Rio Claro was killed after crashing his Nissan Almera into an electricity pole along the M2...
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Take evidence to police
“Take your evidence to the police.”That’s the advice of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in response to claims by Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley that an employee in the Office of the Prime...
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Only 25 per cent of promises kept
Kevin BaldeosinghBoth the People’s Partnership (PP) and the People’s National Movement (PNM) have been making many promises even before the election campaign officially started in August.But which...
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Mayaro gets ‘hurricane-proof’ fire station
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar opened the newly constructed Mayaro Fire Station on Sunday, one week before the country faces the polls to choose a government that will run the country for the...
View ArticleEntire village evacuated after storm
ROSEAU—The Dominica government has ordered the evacuation of the entire village of Petite Savanne, south east of here, where five more bodies were discovered on Sunday, following the passage of...
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2 guards under probe after Carrera breakout
Two prison officers assigned to the Carrera Island Prison are under investigation after prisoners Steve McGilvery and Leroy “Redo” Mohammed escaped custody on Monday.McGilvery is serving 30 years with...
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Girl, 1, crushed by daddy’s van
A family from Rio Claro was left in mourning after a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler was crushed to death under her father’s van.The tragic accident which claimed the life of Salsabila Mohammed took...
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Garbage thrown at Ahmed’s tour
Residents threw garbage at a United National Congress (UNC) entourage and chased its candidate Raziah Ahmed, former Senate President and acting President of T&T, out of Ramsaran Street, San...
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